Reviewed by Stephen Luff

The book Before Amen is a teaching on prayer by bestselling author Max Lucado. Max speaks at the start and end of the album as an introduction and summing up of the subject. In-between are tracks of a mainly devotional nature on the subjects covered by the book. On "Devotion" Kathryn Scott beautifully sings the evergreen "What A Friend" while "10,000 Reasons" (recorded at Soul Survivor) highlights "Thank You". There are also new songs from Darlene Zschech ("My Highest Hope") and Rita Baloche ("Father You Are Good"). I fully understand the aim of the album and it achieves it as an aid to the book, but as a standalone album, despite all the singing talent and glossy production, there is little to make 'Before Amen: A Worship Collection' jump out.

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